Arrival
Friday, June 14, 1940 @ 1000
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Cordela |
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Minesweeping Group 158 |
| Vessel Master | Acting Temporary Skipper Lt J Enevoldson RNR | | |
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Minesweeping Group 158 - minesweeping trawlers CORDELA (Actg Ty Sk Lt J Enevoldson RNR) arr Ardrossan
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NORSE (Ty Lt J C Staniland RNVR) arr Ardrossan 14 Jun |
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Friday, June 14, 1940 @ 1000
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Norse |
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Minesweeping Group 158 |
| Vessel Master | Temporary Lt J C Staniland RNVR | | |
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Minesweeping Group 158 - minesweeping trawlers CORDELA (Actg Ty Sk Lt J Enevoldson RNR) arr Ardrossan
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NORSE (Ty Lt J C Staniland RNVR) arr Ardrossan 14 Jun |
Arrival
Monday, August 26, 1940 @ 0800
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Belgia |
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"Belgia" in Convoy HG 41 |
| Ship's location | Huelva, Spain | Port of Registry | Sweden |
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| Cargo | Iron Pyrites | Gross Tonnage | 1744 tons |
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Iron Pyrite remains in commercial use for the production of sulphur dioxide, for use in such applications as the paper industry, and in the manufacture of sulphuric acid.
During the early years of the 20th century, pyrite was used as a mineral detector in radio receivers, and is still used by 'crystal radio' hobbyists |
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News Event
Tuesday, November 5, 1940 @ 1650
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EMPIRE PENGUIN (1940-1942 General cargo ship 402 feet long of British Ministry of War Transport, London and managed by Runciman / Anchor Line, Glasgow : 1959 scrapped at Lisbon) |
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Statement by Master of EMPIRE PENGUIN on the attack by a German Warship on Halifax Convoy 84 |
| Ship's location | Halifax Convoy 84 in Mid-Atlantic | Port of Registry | U.K. |
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| Vessel Master | D Morrison | Gross Tonnage | 6,389 |
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| | Deadweght Tonnage | 9,600 |
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Courtesy of University of Glasgow Archives and Special
Collections, Anchor Line Ltd Collection, GB248 ref UGD 255/1/7/4
ADDITIONAL NOTE FOR INFORMATION :
The German warship attacking the convoy was the
Pocket Battleship ADMIRAL SCHEER. |
Ship Event
Tuesday, November 5, 1940 @ 1650
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CORNISH CITY (1936-1943 General cargo ship 130m long of Leeds Shipping Co. / Reardon Smith Line : torpedoed and sunk July 1943) |
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Wartime 1940 and CORNISH CITY is Commodore ship in Halifax Convoy 84 |
| Ship's location | Halifax Convoy 84 in Mid-Atlantic | Gross Tonnage | 4,952 |
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Courtesy of University of Glasgow Archives and Special
Collections, Anchor Line Ltd Collection, GB248 ref UGD 255/1/7/4
ADDITIONAL NOTE FOR INFORMATION :
The German warship attacking the convoy was the
Pocket Battleship ADMIRAL SCHEER. |
Ship Event
Thursday, December 26, 1940 @ 1130
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HMS COTILLION (T104 of Royal Navy) |
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HMS Cotillion launched at Ardrossan |
| | Port of Registry | Admiralty, London (England, UK) |
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HMS Cotillion, a Dancer class trawler, was launched at Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd (EA) |
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HMS Cotillion, Dancer class trawler, Built Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd 1941, Sold 1947... (EA) |
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HMS Cotillion T104 |
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Ship Event
Wednesday, January 1, 1941 @ 0000
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HMS FORTITUDE (Royal Naval Base, Ardrossan : HMS Fortitude was the title of Ardrossan Harbour as a naval base during the Second World War) |
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| Vessel Master | Acting Captain H F Waight | Port of Registry | Admiralty, London (England, UK) |
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1941
Ardrossan
Base ship - FORTITUDE (Actg Capt H F Waight) at Ardrossan
Minesweeping Group 37 - minesweeping trawlers CERESIO (Ty Lt H E Bradley RNVR), GUNNER (Sk W W Cockrill RNR), both at Ardrossan, OHM (no CO listed) at Greenock, THOMAS ALTOFT (Sk T H W Lowery DSC RNR) at Ardrossan
Minesweeping Group 57 - minesweeping trawlers GREEN HOWARD (Ty Lt J E Cameron RNR), HATANO (Ty Lt C Delmer-Morgan RNVR), both at Ardrossan
Minesweeping drifters - ELOQUENT (Ty Sk H A Parker RNR), GOLDEN EFFORT (Sk F C Stephen RNR), GOWAN CRAIG (Ty S/Lt R N W Smith RNVR), TROUP HEAD (no CO listed), all at Glasgow
84th Anti-Submarine Group ?
anti-submarine yachts CARINA (Lt Cdr A C G Jolly Rtd) at Ardrossan, LADY SHAHRAZAD (Lt Cdr H J Perrett RNR) at Ardrossan, ST MODWEN (Lt Cdr F J Webster RNR) at Campbeltown, SHEMARA (Cdr H Buckie Rtd) at Campbeltown, TUSCARORA (Lt Cdr Lord Teynham Emgcy) at Ardrossan, VALENA (Lt Cdr A F C Gray RNR) at Campbeltown |
Ship Event
Wednesday, January 1, 1941 @ 0000
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Ceresio |
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| Ship's location | Ardrossan | | |
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| Vessel Master | Temporary Lt. H E Bradley RNVR | | |
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1941
Ardrossan
Base ship - FORTITUDE (Actg Capt H F Waight) at Ardrossan
Minesweeping Group 37 - minesweeping trawlers CERESIO (Ty Lt H E Bradley RNVR), GUNNER (Sk W W Cockrill RNR), both at Ardrossan, OHM (no CO listed) at Greenock, THOMAS ALTOFT (Sk T H W Lowery DSC RNR) at Ardrossan
Minesweeping Group 57 - minesweeping trawlers GREEN HOWARD (Ty Lt J E Cameron RNR), HATANO (Ty Lt C Delmer-Morgan RNVR), both at Ardrossan
Minesweeping drifters - ELOQUENT (Ty Sk H A Parker RNR), GOLDEN EFFORT (Sk F C Stephen RNR), GOWAN CRAIG (Ty S/Lt R N W Smith RNVR), TROUP HEAD (no CO listed), all at Glasgow
84th Anti-Submarine Group ?
anti-submarine yachts CARINA (Lt Cdr A C G Jolly Rtd) at Ardrossan, LADY SHAHRAZAD (Lt Cdr H J Perrett RNR) at Ardrossan, ST MODWEN (Lt Cdr F J Webster RNR) at Campbeltown, SHEMARA (Cdr H Buckie Rtd) at Campbeltown, TUSCARORA (Lt Cdr Lord Teynham Emgcy) at Ardrossan, VALENA (Lt Cdr A F C Gray RNR) at Campbeltown |
Ship Event
Wednesday, January 1, 1941 @ 0000
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Gunner |
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| Ship's location | Ardrossan | | |
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| Vessel Master | W W Cockrill, RNVR | | |
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1941
Ardrossan
Base ship - FORTITUDE (Actg Capt H F Waight) at Ardrossan
Minesweeping Group 37 - minesweeping trawlers CERESIO (Ty Lt H E Bradley RNVR), GUNNER (Sk W W Cockrill RNR), both at Ardrossan, OHM (no CO listed) at Greenock, THOMAS ALTOFT (Sk T H W Lowery DSC RNR) at Ardrossan
Minesweeping Group 57 - minesweeping trawlers GREEN HOWARD (Ty Lt J E Cameron RNR), HATANO (Ty Lt C Delmer-Morgan RNVR), both at Ardrossan
Minesweeping drifters - ELOQUENT (Ty Sk H A Parker RNR), GOLDEN EFFORT (Sk F C Stephen RNR), GOWAN CRAIG (Ty S/Lt R N W Smith RNVR), TROUP HEAD (no CO listed), all at Glasgow
84th Anti-Submarine Group ?
anti-submarine yachts CARINA (Lt Cdr A C G Jolly Rtd) at Ardrossan, LADY SHAHRAZAD (Lt Cdr H J Perrett RNR) at Ardrossan, ST MODWEN (Lt Cdr F J Webster RNR) at Campbeltown, SHEMARA (Cdr H Buckie Rtd) at Campbeltown, TUSCARORA (Lt Cdr Lord Teynham Emgcy) at Ardrossan, VALENA (Lt Cdr A F C Gray RNR) at Campbeltown |
Ship Event
Wednesday, January 1, 1941 @ 0000
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Ohm |
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1941
Ardrossan
Base ship - FORTITUDE (Actg Capt H F Waight) at Ardrossan
Minesweeping Group 37 - minesweeping trawlers CERESIO (Ty Lt H E Bradley RNVR), GUNNER (Sk W W Cockrill RNR), both at Ardrossan, OHM (no CO listed) at Greenock, THOMAS ALTOFT (Sk T H W Lowery DSC RNR) at Ardrossan
Minesweeping Group 57 - minesweeping trawlers GREEN HOWARD (Ty Lt J E Cameron RNR), HATANO (Ty Lt C Delmer-Morgan RNVR), both at Ardrossan
Minesweeping drifters - ELOQUENT (Ty Sk H A Parker RNR), GOLDEN EFFORT (Sk F C Stephen RNR), GOWAN CRAIG (Ty S/Lt R N W Smith RNVR), TROUP HEAD (no CO listed), all at Glasgow
84th Anti-Submarine Group ?
anti-submarine yachts CARINA (Lt Cdr A C G Jolly Rtd) at Ardrossan, LADY SHAHRAZAD (Lt Cdr H J Perrett RNR) at Ardrossan, ST MODWEN (Lt Cdr F J Webster RNR) at Campbeltown, SHEMARA (Cdr H Buckie Rtd) at Campbeltown, TUSCARORA (Lt Cdr Lord Teynham Emgcy) at Ardrossan, VALENA (Lt Cdr A F C Gray RNR) at Campbeltown |
Ship Event
Wednesday, January 1, 1941 @ 0000
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Thomas Altoft |
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| Ship's location | Ardrossan | | |
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| Vessel Master | T H W Lowery, DSC, RNR. | | |
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1941
Ardrossan
Base ship - FORTITUDE (Actg Capt H F Waight) at Ardrossan
Minesweeping Group 37 - minesweeping trawlers CERESIO (Ty Lt H E Bradley RNVR), GUNNER (Sk W W Cockrill RNR), both at Ardrossan, OHM (no CO listed) at Greenock, THOMAS ALTOFT (Sk T H W Lowery DSC RNR) at Ardrossan
Minesweeping Group 57 - minesweeping trawlers GREEN HOWARD (Ty Lt J E Cameron RNR), HATANO (Ty Lt C Delmer-Morgan RNVR), both at Ardrossan
Minesweeping drifters - ELOQUENT (Ty Sk H A Parker RNR), GOLDEN EFFORT (Sk F C Stephen RNR), GOWAN CRAIG (Ty S/Lt R N W Smith RNVR), TROUP HEAD (no CO listed), all at Glasgow
84th Anti-Submarine Group ?
anti-submarine yachts CARINA (Lt Cdr A C G Jolly Rtd) at Ardrossan, LADY SHAHRAZAD (Lt Cdr H J Perrett RNR) at Ardrossan, ST MODWEN (Lt Cdr F J Webster RNR) at Campbeltown, SHEMARA (Cdr H Buckie Rtd) at Campbeltown, TUSCARORA (Lt Cdr Lord Teynham Emgcy) at Ardrossan, VALENA (Lt Cdr A F C Gray RNR) at Campbeltown |
Ship Event
Wednesday, January 1, 1941 @ 0000
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Green Howard |
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| Ship's location | Ardrossan | | |
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| Vessel Master | Temporary Lt. J E Cameron, RNR | | |
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1941
Ardrossan
Base ship - FORTITUDE (Actg Capt H F Waight) at Ardrossan
Minesweeping Group 37 - minesweeping trawlers CERESIO (Ty Lt H E Bradley RNVR), GUNNER (Sk W W Cockrill RNR), both at Ardrossan, OHM (no CO listed) at Greenock, THOMAS ALTOFT (Sk T H W Lowery DSC RNR) at Ardrossan
Minesweeping Group 57 - minesweeping trawlers GREEN HOWARD (Ty Lt J E Cameron RNR), HATANO (Ty Lt C Delmer-Morgan RNVR), both at Ardrossan
Minesweeping drifters - ELOQUENT (Ty Sk H A Parker RNR), GOLDEN EFFORT (Sk F C Stephen RNR), GOWAN CRAIG (Ty S/Lt R N W Smith RNVR), TROUP HEAD (no CO listed), all at Glasgow
84th Anti-Submarine Group ?
anti-submarine yachts CARINA (Lt Cdr A C G Jolly Rtd) at Ardrossan, LADY SHAHRAZAD (Lt Cdr H J Perrett RNR) at Ardrossan, ST MODWEN (Lt Cdr F J Webster RNR) at Campbeltown, SHEMARA (Cdr H Buckie Rtd) at Campbeltown, TUSCARORA (Lt Cdr Lord Teynham Emgcy) at Ardrossan, VALENA (Lt Cdr A F C Gray RNR) at Campbeltown |
Ship Event
Wednesday, January 1, 1941 @ 0000
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Hatano |
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| Ship's location | Ardrossan | | |
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| Vessel Master | Temporary Lt. C Delmer-Morgan RNVR | | |
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1941
Ardrossan
Base ship - FORTITUDE (Actg Capt H F Waight) at Ardrossan
Minesweeping Group 37 - minesweeping trawlers CERESIO (Ty Lt H E Bradley RNVR), GUNNER (Sk W W Cockrill RNR), both at Ardrossan, OHM (no CO listed) at Greenock, THOMAS ALTOFT (Sk T H W Lowery DSC RNR) at Ardrossan
Minesweeping Group 57 - minesweeping trawlers GREEN HOWARD (Ty Lt J E Cameron RNR), HATANO (Ty Lt C Delmer-Morgan RNVR), both at Ardrossan
Minesweeping drifters - ELOQUENT (Ty Sk H A Parker RNR), GOLDEN EFFORT (Sk F C Stephen RNR), GOWAN CRAIG (Ty S/Lt R N W Smith RNVR), TROUP HEAD (no CO listed), all at Glasgow
84th Anti-Submarine Group ?
anti-submarine yachts CARINA (Lt Cdr A C G Jolly Rtd) at Ardrossan, LADY SHAHRAZAD (Lt Cdr H J Perrett RNR) at Ardrossan, ST MODWEN (Lt Cdr F J Webster RNR) at Campbeltown, SHEMARA (Cdr H Buckie Rtd) at Campbeltown, TUSCARORA (Lt Cdr Lord Teynham Emgcy) at Ardrossan, VALENA (Lt Cdr A F C Gray RNR) at Campbeltown |
Ship Event
Wednesday, January 1, 1941 @ 0000
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Eloquent |
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| Ship's location | Glasgow | | |
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| Vessel Master | H A Parker RNR | | |
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1941
Ardrossan
Base ship - FORTITUDE (Actg Capt H F Waight) at Ardrossan
Minesweeping Group 37 - minesweeping trawlers CERESIO (Ty Lt H E Bradley RNVR), GUNNER (Sk W W Cockrill RNR), both at Ardrossan, OHM (no CO listed) at Greenock, THOMAS ALTOFT (Sk T H W Lowery DSC RNR) at Ardrossan
Minesweeping Group 57 - minesweeping trawlers GREEN HOWARD (Ty Lt J E Cameron RNR), HATANO (Ty Lt C Delmer-Morgan RNVR), both at Ardrossan
Minesweeping drifters - ELOQUENT (Ty Sk H A Parker RNR), GOLDEN EFFORT (Sk F C Stephen RNR), GOWAN CRAIG (Ty S/Lt R N W Smith RNVR), TROUP HEAD (no CO listed), all at Glasgow
84th Anti-Submarine Group ?
anti-submarine yachts CARINA (Lt Cdr A C G Jolly Rtd) at Ardrossan, LADY SHAHRAZAD (Lt Cdr H J Perrett RNR) at Ardrossan, ST MODWEN (Lt Cdr F J Webster RNR) at Campbeltown, SHEMARA (Cdr H Buckie Rtd) at Campbeltown, TUSCARORA (Lt Cdr Lord Teynham Emgcy) at Ardrossan, VALENA (Lt Cdr A F C Gray RNR) at Campbeltown |
Ship Event
Wednesday, January 1, 1941 @ 0000
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Golden Effort |
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| Ship's location | Glasgow | | |
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| Vessel Master | F C Stephen RNR | | |
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1941
Ardrossan
Base ship - FORTITUDE (Actg Capt H F Waight) at Ardrossan
Minesweeping Group 37 - minesweeping trawlers CERESIO (Ty Lt H E Bradley RNVR), GUNNER (Sk W W Cockrill RNR), both at Ardrossan, OHM (no CO listed) at Greenock, THOMAS ALTOFT (Sk T H W Lowery DSC RNR) at Ardrossan
Minesweeping Group 57 - minesweeping trawlers GREEN HOWARD (Ty Lt J E Cameron RNR), HATANO (Ty Lt C Delmer-Morgan RNVR), both at Ardrossan
Minesweeping drifters - ELOQUENT (Ty Sk H A Parker RNR), GOLDEN EFFORT (Sk F C Stephen RNR), GOWAN CRAIG (Ty S/Lt R N W Smith RNVR), TROUP HEAD (no CO listed), all at Glasgow
84th Anti-Submarine Group ?
anti-submarine yachts CARINA (Lt Cdr A C G Jolly Rtd) at Ardrossan, LADY SHAHRAZAD (Lt Cdr H J Perrett RNR) at Ardrossan, ST MODWEN (Lt Cdr F J Webster RNR) at Campbeltown, SHEMARA (Cdr H Buckie Rtd) at Campbeltown, TUSCARORA (Lt Cdr Lord Teynham Emgcy) at Ardrossan, VALENA (Lt Cdr A F C Gray RNR) at Campbeltown |